Europa League preview and statistics: Midtjylland vs Ludogorets full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 16.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Midtjylland at MCH Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Ludogorets with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Midtjylland form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.

3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Midtjylland have to build on here at MCH Arena in the Superliga. Midtjylland are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Midtjylland supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Nordsjælland in Superliga and win 2-0. The goalie Elías Rafn Ólafsson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.33 out of ten. Ólafsson stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Midtjylland lost 0-2 at Brøndby's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Midtjylland handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and two defeats.

The manager B. Henriksen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to København in only three days.

Goals are plentiful at MCH Arena in the league this season as Midtjylland has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. Midtjylland have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ludogorets form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.

Ludogorets are yet to lose a point on their Parva Liga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Midtjylland.

Impressive finishing from Elvis Manu and Kiril Despodov secured the home win 2-0 against Cherno More in their previous game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at OFK Pirin.

We have checked recent matches where Ludogorets have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Parva Liga trip to Slavia Sofia.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ludogorets has managed 6 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

LudogoretsE. Manu
E. Manu
3 goals
MidtjyllandP. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
2 goals
MidtjyllandE. da Silva Ferreira
E. da Silva Ferreira
2 goals

Midtjylland missing players

Ludogorets missing players

Midtjylland Ludogorets
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   11 25
13 7   Won W   5 16
3 1   Drew D   3 4
9 2   Lost L   3 5
46 24   Scored S   16 51
32 7   Conceded C   13 23
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
88% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
64% 70%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 64%
36% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 40%
24% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 12%
56% 50%   BTTS BTTS   55% 52%
32% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 44%
16% 10%   Failed to Score F T   18% 8%
 
4.5 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6
4.7 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4
1.4 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.8
5 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
14.6 15.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 11.7
5.2 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 5.2
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crvena Zvezda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ludogorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Midtjylland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 København 8 6 2 0 19 5 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 4 0 0 11 1 14 20
2 Midtjylland 8 6 0 2 15 5 4 3 0 1 10 3 4 3 0 1 5 2 10 18
3 AaB 8 4 3 1 11 7 3 2 0 1 4 2 5 2 3 0 7 5 4 15
4 Randers 8 4 2 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 14
5 Nordsjælland 8 4 1 3 11 8 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 3 13
6 Silkeborg 8 2 5 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 3 1 2 5 1 11
7 Brøndby 8 1 5 2 11 12 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 0 3 1 7 9 -1 8
8 Viborg 8 2 2 4 11 15 4 1 0 3 5 7 4 1 2 1 6 8 -4 8
9 OB 7 1 4 2 9 12 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 6 7 -3 7
10 AGF 8 1 3 4 6 12 5 1 2 2 6 8 3 0 1 2 0 4 -6 6
11 SønderjyskE 7 1 2 4 3 9 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 -6 5
12 Vejle 8 0 1 7 4 18 4 0 1 3 2 9 4 0 0 4 2 9 -14 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ludogorets 5 5 0 0 16 2 3 3 0 0 10 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 14 15
2 Slavia Sofia 7 4 2 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 14
3 Botev Plovdiv 6 3 2 1 7 5 3 3 0 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 11
4 Cherno More 7 3 2 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 11
5 CSKA Sofia 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 10
6 Beroe 6 3 0 3 8 9 3 2 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 9
7 Botev Vratsa 7 2 3 2 6 8 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 3 7 -2 9
8 Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 6 2 2 2 5 9 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 2 8 -4 8
9 Levski Sofia 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 7
10 Tsarsko selo 6 1 3 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 6
11 Arda 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 5
12 CSKA 1948 Sofia 7 1 1 5 12 18 4 1 1 2 10 9 3 0 0 3 2 9 -6 4
13 OFK Pirin 6 1 0 5 9 12 3 1 0 2 7 7 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 3
14 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 0 3 3 3 7 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 -4 3

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.